Roles of the President

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Roles of the President

• Culminating Activity with
• Chapter 14

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Roles of the President

• Join a group of 5.
• Share a role of the President you researched.
  Each member should do a different role!
• Complete the study sheet to help with Mondays
  test.
• Discuss as a class.

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What did you learn?

• Explain the most interesting fact you learned
  from this project. Do one for each
• A. Your research
• b. GROUP research
• Evaluate the merit of this project to the overall
  understanding of the roles, powers and duties of
  the President.
• Evaluate yourself on how your research compares
  to that of your group members.
• Turn this sheet in to the teacher.

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Stresses of the Presidency

• Discuss Obamas agenda from blog.
• What do you make of a typical day?
• http//www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/complete
• Show clip of how Presidents age
  http//www.youtube.com/watch?vL-479M7alGU
• Why few friends? Why weight gain? Why so much
  stress?
• Is the job worth the stress?

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Perks of the President

• Discuss inset, p. 380
• Go to websites to show perks
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v5Z38KpsBI7A
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vGumf5ggG_zA
• Podcast if you want more
• http//castroller.com/podcasts/StuffYouMissed/1082
  814-Presidential20Perks

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Keeping the House in Order

• How does a person win re-election to the
  Presidency?
• What factors hinder re-election?
• Discuss assassinations impact.
• Vice President
• Disability
• Act of Succession
• 25th Amendment

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Impeachment

• Review the process.
• Who can be impeached?
• Why impeach a President?
• The case of Andrew Johnson
• http//education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-imp
  eachment-of-andrew-johnson-conflict-between-presid
  ent-and-congress.html
• The case of Bill Clinton
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v4GgPo2cHFq0